Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-29
WASHINGTON.
The Uses OF Cotton Seed Oil and Why
Monopoly Should Have
Tank Cars.
a Sygtem of Submarine lighting Recently
ILVented-Uus1Om aouss Regulations
a Mexico 9IeatJy Improved.
TuE sTANDARp OIL CASES.

ON1 WV - - - |llI VIZ
cesses examined before the Interstate
commerce commission to-day in the
Standard oil c&se hSd been swoT1 aad
examined before, and their evidence was
in great part Il explanation or ela5ora-
ton OF tnat already brought cut. O, G.
Murry, general freight agent OF the Iron
Mountain and Missouri Pacific lines, gave
incidentally some interesting facts about
cotton seed Oil. Ten years ago,
ne said. the only demand for
this product was from abroad,
whence it came back to US as olive
oil. The Inauguration Of the tank Gar
system OF Transporting oil afforded 8
cheap M aus OF getting cotton seed oil to
the north in talk cars mi would other
wise return empty, ana the Result has
been the davt lOpment Of the crude oil
production in all parts OF the cotton
growing region. O-ner witnesses had
lest fed that 80 per cent. Of the tank csrs
sent South CINE back flied with cotton
seed oil or turpentine. Murray said they
now sometimes hsd TO send empty
tanks south to bring back cotton ses d oil
This material, Murray say ,goes t. north
ern Tt ddeTies whence II comes 10 the
market as lard and table oil. 1t woold
thus seen! 10 have given rise TO a new
manufacturing industry IL the north.
Evidence IN the Standard oil cases IS
now sill in. TIE complsinsuts seem to
have proved COZ Clusively that the rail-
ways almost always give largely
DISCRIMINATING RATES
in favor If oil IN tank-cars, and that the
S sndsTd OIL Company is prac' icSlly the
only institution Ybose plant enables it
to avail Itself 10 any great extent Ct tke
lower rate. The railways have presented
q number Of apparently strong reasons
for giving lower rates on tank-csrs, such
as convenience il handling, lesser rlsks
and greater chances OF getting back H.
loads. L. was averred on the part CT
every railroad thai the tank rates are
open TO all companies; that
no rebates are paid to the
S audard Oh COMPANY and that no
special privileges are accorded to any
| institution or indivldusl ss seainst
any other. Tee Standard OH witnes>ts
dec AIRED they neither asked nor woulo
accept any rebates, lower rates or dis
eliminating privileges. All the testimony
OF this kind, however, Was IiDiIed 70 the
| period siUCe April 5 the last date when
| he inter state law went into efSct, and
only In some uGimpaTtant particulars and
! for the purposes If theoretical compaII-
| son was the testimony PERMITTED to- go
| back Of shat pnint. Further proceedings
4re postponed until January l6, wneu
arguments will be heard.
VALUABLE IN NAVAL WARFARE.
WAsHINGTyE, Nov. rs the expert
ments with the IEcandesCent electric light
| which nave bsen made st t1o tor edo sGs
! tion at Newport have developed d DOvel
use for the light and one thSt Is said t.
| promise 10 be Cf gre 81 value 10 naval war
fare. With lamps OF about 100 candle
power fastened on the enGs of poles sub
| merged IN the sea to the DE- pgh OF twenty
| feet tae water IS Illuminated SO that OBJ
iects III 1t can be distinguished for l5C
feet. There is little or no glare from The
submerged light to betrsy the presence q
the boat using the spars. It is believed
that by this means coat might counter
mine sn enemy's field of submarine mines
by cutting their cables or sweeping them
to one side. l. is probable that the tor
pedo launches Will be equipped with these
lights In the furure.
The sHERIEs NEGOTIATIONS.
WASHINGTON. NV. 20 The r Dreser
tatlves Of the United STATES and Ores
Britain charged with the fishery nego-
t&tiuDF, met at noon to-day in the de-
plomatlc reception room ST the DspaTt
ment CT State. This is the second fOrmc
meetir g Of the conference, and all the
members were present as well as the
secreta les, Messrs Moore sad Bergne
The English representatives. brought with
them number Of fficial docusents
Among the publications On the subj G.
Of the fisheries thst have ecsntly c0me
into the possession Of t American ne.
gotiators is & Canadian book Of dis
patches containing the correspondence
between the Canadian and E1slish gov.
ernments which was TO a certain extent
uuknown to the Department of State
and is expected TO prove Of value in the
pending negotiations
The session lasted until O'Clock
when an arj urnment WAS had until
Wednesday a 2 n'ci ck.
MEXICAN CUSTOMS REGULATION.
WASHINGTON, n Iv.28 superintendent
Bell of the foreign mail service is IL
formed by Minister Romero that the Mex
icau government has completed its regu-
lations for expediting parcels o.
merchandise received in mails from tins
United States, ana there will be go fur
tner delays in the delivery Of such matte1
because Of Gu toms acquisitions.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the 7azs tte
WAsHINGT NY % The fellowinl
Texas pensions were issued to-day: NJ Y.
lean war: Brooks MatiDe, CLARK L aky
William p. Dean, Lewis 1 Terry, HenI,
P. Lesttr,. Wac; William O'Brien
Lorens; joshua J. Mayes, Wallesyille
Thomas III. Scott, Melissa.